PAMS Pied Piper Demo (KYA, San Francisco) 1971 (0:04:00)

… 08-10-2000 00:00 …
. . . Solve the Pied Piper puzzle and win a pretty penny . . . I always liked this demo. I suppose it’s terribly dated now. Contemporary music seldom has a melody anymore and singing Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny is probably illegal. But the idea could be adapted, maybe. Instead of finding an odd-looking fellow tangled in the ivy, it would be a “Hip-Hop Artist” who passed out on public property, but it wasn’t his fault! “Decipher the Rapper’s Mumbled Money Message and Receive Righteous Reparation!” Or something. This demo supposedly features Dick Starr (PD) and Chris Edwards of KYA , San Francisco. First-class production, as usual — respectable PAMS magic. We even get another sing of the Copyright Jingle at the end. (Remember: All PAMS stuff is the copyrighted property of PAMS of Dallas .)

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